On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<409ea9fc-3930-4968-a59c-58ba5338d833n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:45:49 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<a86a999e-3577-4986...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 12:07:34 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<9beee855-8d16-460b...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:37:05 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<733cd3a1-6b3b-4886...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 1:51:25 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > (in article<5f0efa9e-78db-4652...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 9:45:15 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > (in article<547c4621-5cca-488b...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 4:34:07 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 24, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<38488b7e-6170-4a4e...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 7:43:21 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 22, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<aa2ca7bb-865b-4807...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes the language is called Ada , it was written for the DOD , I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > studied
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Johnson space Center while I was there , so you've seen an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > actual
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > working
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > difference engine and you say serial number two ,how many did
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > build
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > altogether?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > The London Computer History Museum(if I recall correctly) built
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > first
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > one
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ran out of money to build the printer for it. So a Silicon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Valley
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > millionaire
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > gave them the money to finish and to build a second one for him.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Until he could find a place for it first in his home ( probably
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > his
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wife
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > objected)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > then in his business it was kept at the Computer History Museum
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mountain
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > View.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > During the day, at specified times, the staff would demonstrate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > operation.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Go to YouTube,com and search for babbage difference engine 2
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > In Douglas Hofstadter's tome "Godel, Escher, Bach" on page 740 he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > reverse acronym
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and it goes : C, EGABBAB: "Compose ever greater artificial brains
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (by
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > by)." I changed it a little and came up with "Compose ever
> > > > > > > > > > > > > greater
> > > > > > > > > > > > > global
> > > > > > > > > > > > > systems (by and by)." I sent that to him July 17, 2003 , he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > didn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > reply
> > > > > > > > > > > > > although he did reply to a lot of things I sent him . The only
> > > > > > > > > > > > > trouble
> > > > > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > it's impossible to know if it was he or a graduate student. I'm
> > > > > > > > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Asimov
> > > > > > > > > > > > > was , a one-man show.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh well, no pun.
> > > > > > > > > > > > So you sy this is a no pun and closed topic???
> > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > oh no I'd like to continue on you see at one time we were better
> > > > > > > > > > > enemies
> > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > I wasn't sure whether we could continue on then we got to be
> > > > > > > > > > > friends
> > > > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > > > like we're dearest friends right here so even though I said no puns
> > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > means my particular post had no puns not that the thread in general
> > > > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > end. it is the rarest of the rare that two people become
> > > > > > > > > > > antagonistic
> > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > yet
> > > > > > > > > > > later become dearest best friends later.
> > > > > > > > > > I am not ready to be in an Alphonse and Gastone relationship with
> > > > > > > > > > you.
> > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > No , I want you to form a relationship first, then I will go after
> > > > > > > > > you.
> > > > > > > > But I keep my relations at arms length. They all have their hands out
> > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > money.
> > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > that was my ex-wife all the way having a hand out for money , the
> > > > > > > trouble
> > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > I can't say anything about it because the rest of our lives is a long
> > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > and she might find out about this post directly or through a
> > > > > > > third-party
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > then boy would I be in trouble although I never hear from her anymore.
> > > > > > But that is neither hear nor there.
> > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > >
> > > > > If something is neither here nor there it can't be anywhere because here
> > > > > or
> > > > > there covers it.
> > > > He must be there as you used hare remover on him
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > Wasn't Elmer Fudd a hare remover , or else a wanna be hare remover anyway?
> > Perhaps he was a member of Hare-y Krishna
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> Most of those Krishna guys are bald , but there are a few Hairy Krishnas.

This a splinter group that wigged out after learning the teaching of the
original group

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx